Free
A taste of the library
$0 no card needed
- One library story a week, picked at random
- Replay it as often as you like all week
- Read aloud by Ollie, or read it together
- Just listen, Dusk colours and the goodnight fade
Ollie reads every story aloud, his beak moving with the words.
A bedtime storybook app
Cozy bedtime stories, read aloud
Gentle tales from around the world, painted and read aloud by Ollie the story owl. With Plus, your child becomes the star, painted from the look you choose, never from a photo.
Chapter one
Tonight’s tale
Tap a tale, dim the lights and listen together. Four or five calm minutes, and every story winds down to a sleepy ending. However your family reads, the book bends to the night you’re having.
- Read aloud
- Press play and dim the lights. Every story is painted and read aloud in a calm, warm voice, and the pages turn by themselves. It keeps playing with the phone locked, with lock-screen controls, at four speeds from Slower to Brisk.
- Read together
- Some nights you want to do the reading. Full-screen paintings and large, clear words for a grown-up to read aloud, with the text size right on the page. Switch to the narrator and back inside any story.
- Just listen
- Hide the words and let the story play. The picture stays soft, Ollie keeps reading, and the phone can go face down.
- Sweet dreams
- When the story ends, Ollie yawns and pops on his nightcap, “Sweet dreams” appears with your child’s name, and the screen fades almost to black. Turn on “One story a night” and another story needs a grown-up until morning.
Chapter two · With Plus
A story starring your child
With Plus, make 10 brand-new stories a month with your child as the hero, painted into every picture and read aloud. No photos, no uploads of your child: just a few choices, and a painter who follows them.
Ollie is writing your story…
Choose their look
First name, age, skin, hair, eyes, glasses, pyjamas, and a cuddly companion who comes on every adventure.
Paint a portrait
A storybook portrait is painted from those choices, so your child looks the same in every book.
Pick tonight’s idea
Eight story ideas, from a trip to the stars to a sleepy farm, or your own: “finds a tiny door in the garden”. Add a little lesson if you like, such as sharing or a new baby at home, and choose about 3 or 5 minutes.
Start reading
The story opens as soon as page one is painted and narrated, while Ollie finishes the rest. It’s saved on your phone and kept in your family’s backup.
Never a photo
You choose how your child looks from a few options, and the pictures are painted from that description. The app has no camera or photo access at all.
24 languages, 6 voices
Personal stories can be written and narrated in 24 languages, from Spanish and Hindi to Japanese and Sinhala, with 6 narrator voices and 4 reading styles, including a hushed Whisper.
Between the chapters
Watch a story come alive
A painted page read aloud, the pages turning by themselves, then a stroll along the shelves.
Chapter three
The bookshelf
Old tales, retold softly for bedtime. Each tale keeps its heart and loses its sharp edges: the wolf is silly, the troll is sleepy, and the endings are soft ones.
Gentle retellings of Aesop, the Brothers Grimm, Andersen, the Jataka tales, Anansi, Nasreddin Hodja and folk tales from around the world: 102 in all, four or five minutes each. Search by animal, place or theme.
Goldilocks and the Three Gentle Bears
The Tortoise and the Hare's Gentle Race
Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom
Momotaro and the Sweet Dumplings
The Owl and the Pussy-cat's Quiet Voyage
Barnaby's Gentle Feathers
The Moon Hare's Gentle Gift
Nasreddin and the Moon in the Well
The Cozy Woolen Mitten
Jabuti and the Party in the Sky
The Gentle Stone Soup
Leo, Pip, and the Sleepy Vines
The Moon Maiden of the Bamboo Grove
Ole Shut-Eye and the Painted Umbrella
Chapter four
Ollie’s evening
Ollie is drawn by the app itself, in code, which is how his beak can follow the narration word by word. Here he is through a bedtime, rendered frame by frame from the app. You can give him a new name, or turn the owl off in Settings.
- Hello
Says hello
A greeting that fits the time of day, with your child’s name: “Hoo-hoo! Ready for a story?”
- Once upon a time
Reads along
His beak moves with every word of the narration, page after page.
- Your turn
Listens
In Read together, when a grown-up does the reading, he sits quietly and listens.
- A new story
Writes
“Ollie is writing your story…” while a personal story is being made, then a happy hop when it’s ready.
- The end
Yawns
A big yawn when the story reaches “The end”, and then his nightcap goes on.
…and he falls asleep at the very end of this page. More about Ollie
A note to grown-ups
Made for the last ten minutes of the day
Dear grown-ups,
No ads. Nothing interrupts a story: no banners, no videos, no pop-ups, and the app doesn’t use an advertising ID.
Never a photo. Your child is painted from a description. You pick hair, skin, eyes and pyjamas; the app has no access to your camera or photos.
Grown-ups only. Buying, settings and links out of the app sit behind a press-and-hold parent gate.
No tracking. There are no analytics in the app. We don’t record what your family reads; only anonymous crash reports, to fix bugs.
In all: 102 gentle tales, four or five minutes each, 24 languages for personal stories, and no ads, photos of your child or analytics. Not now, not later. The details are in the privacy policy.
Goodnight,
BitFuzed
Index
Good to know
What is Petite Tales?
Petite Tales is a cozy bedtime-story app for children: gentle tales from around the world, painted and read aloud by Ollie the story owl, with new stories that star your child. There are 102 tales in the library, each about four or five minutes long, and each one winds down to a quiet, sleepy ending.
What ages is it for?
The stories are written for children of about 3 to 7: short, musical sentences, a little gentle repetition, and nothing frightening. There are no villains who stay mean, no peril and no scary endings.
What is free, and what does Plus cost?
Free: one library story a week, picked at random and yours to replay all week, read aloud by Ollie. Petite Tales Plus opens the whole library and adds 10 new stories a month starring your child, for $79.99 a year (with a 7-day free trial that includes 3 personal stories) or $7.99 a month, billed through Google Play or, on iPhone and iPad, the App Store. Extra personal stories are $1.99 each once the month’s are used.
Do you need a photo of my child?
No, never. You choose how your child looks from a few options (hair, skin, eyes, glasses, pyjamas and a cuddly companion), and the pictures are painted from that description. The app has no camera or photo access at all.
Who wrote the stories?
Library tales are our own gentle retellings of public-domain stories: Aesop’s Fables, the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, the Jataka tales, the Panchatantra, Anansi and folk tales from around the world. They are written, painted and narrated with the help of AI, then read, looked at and listened to before they are published. Every narrated page is checked against its text.
Can I read the story myself?
Yes. “Read together” shows big words and full-screen storybook pictures for a grown-up to read aloud, with a text-size control. You can switch between that and Ollie’s narration from inside any story.
Does it help with screen time at bedtime?
It tries to. The default Dusk colours keep the room dim, “Just listen” hides the words so the phone can be put down, narration keeps going with the screen locked, and at the end Ollie says goodnight and the screen fades almost to black. Turn on “One story a night” and another story needs a grown-up until morning.
Is Petite Tales on iPhone?
Coming soon. Petite Tales is on Google Play for Android phones and tablets today, and an iPhone and iPad version is on its way. Plus belongs to your family, so a subscription bought in either store will work on both.
More in the full FAQ.
The back cover
A free story every week. Plus for every night.
7-day free trial
Petite Tales Plus
Every story, every night
$79.99 a year, or $7.99 a month
- Every tale in the library, any night
- 10 new stories a month starring your child (3 during the free trial)
- Your child painted into every picture
- 24 languages, 6 voices, 4 reading styles
- Stories kept safe if you change phones
The free trial is on the yearly plan. Billed through Google Play or, on iPhone and iPad, the App Store; cancel any time there. Need more than 10 in a month? Extra stories are $1.99 each and never expire. Unused monthly stories don’t roll over.